"I don't want you over stretching yourself," Joey said, reaching up and carefully cupping another lightning bug in his hand. "They can't see us coming, as long as you do it carefully and slowly." He tossed the captured bug into the jar, where it found the other firefly and touched antennas. "We can let 'em go before they die."

He caught a few more, before retiring against the tree, watching Andrew catch them. His memories making him think about when he and Jake had done the same thing. They ended up on top of each other, surrounded in jars with fireflies in. It was like they had candles to light up their passionate love. But by the time they had woken, the fireflies were all dead. Like Jake... He wiped the tears from his eyes, hoping Andrew hadn't seen. It was dark after all.